Last Call Goes Out For Lumber House

Washington, Sept. 26.--The last call for contributions to the all-lumber house at the Century of progress Exposition in Chicago was mailed today to lumber companies and associations by Walter F. Shaw, trade extension manager of the National Lumber I\{anufacturers Association.

Only 2O days remain in which to collect approximately $4,000 of the $6,000 required for the construction and exploitation of the lumber house.

The call is illustrated with a plot of the housing section of the Exposition which shows that of all the lots reserved for individual"residences, representing different materials and types of construction, only Lot No. 6-the lutnber lot -is tentatively vacant.

Owing to tire lack of funds in all association treasuries it rvas decided at the June meeting of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association in Chicago to endeavor to raise the $6,000 for the lumber house by collecting $1 or more from thousands of lumbermen throughout the country. As there are something like 40,000 lumber manufacturers, dealers and distributors, it was thought that so small a fund as $6,000 for so important a purpose could be easily raised; also that it n'ould be better to collect the funds in small contributions than to have a few manufacturers put up the entire sum.

While the majority of both individual concerns and associations have been slow to respond, there have been many remarkable efforts to put the project over. perhaps the most impressive construction is that of 100 4L mem_ bers in Washington and Oregon, who, out of their reduced wages and short time, have contributed 5 cents apiece.

T. W. Fry, a St. Louis wholesaler, not only contributed generously himself, but got 12 others to give. The Ta_ coma Lumbermen's Club, the Roofers Manufacturers Club. the Twin Cities Hoo Hoo Club and some other groups have subscribed a dollar for each member.

With two-thirds of the fund to raise and only 20 days to go, it is evident that association officials and enthusias_ tic individual lumbermen, especially manufacturers, will now have to contribute generously both of time and monev if the Chicago Fair is not to be a liability rather than an asset to the lumber industry.

Checks should be made payable to W. M. Ritter, Treas_ urer, and mailed to the National Lumber Manufacturers Association, 1337 Connecticut Ave., Washington, D. C. If the necessary amount is not raised contributions will be promptly returned.

Two Firms Join Association

C. D. Johnson Lumber Co., with California offices in San Francisco and Los Angeles, and R. O.,Wilson & Son, 525 Market Street, San Francisco, have recently become members of the California Wholesale Lumber Association.

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Bert Bryan Elected Member o]

Hoo Hoo Supreme Nine

B. E. Bryan

At the annual meeting of Hoo Hoo International held at Milwaukee, Wis., on September 28, 29 and 30, B' E' (Bert) Bryan, president and general manager of the Strable Hardwood Co., Oakland, Calif., was elected Arcanoper on the Supreme Nine.

He has been active in Hoo Hoo affairs in the San Francisco Bay District for many years and is'a former Vicegerent Snark of the Golden Gate District. He has also served as president of East Bay Hoo Hoo Club No. 39. During the past year, he was Hoo Hoo state counselor for California.

Mr. Bryan has been connected with the lumber business in Oakland since 1914 when he joined the Strable Hardwood Co.

Los Angeles Builders' Exchange Elects Officers

At the annual meeting of the Los Angeles Builders' Exchange, held at the Exchange office, on Tuesday, September 27, thg following directors were elected for the ensuing year: L. A. Coffey, Bly Stone Company; Matt R. Bright, Davidson Brick Company; L. F. Danforth, Registrar of Contractors; R. Clyde Johnston, Hammond Lumber Company iL. H. Dapprich, Hilgartner i\{arble Company; Jas. Miles, JaS. Miles Company; Carroll A. Low, Monolith Portland Cement Co.; C. J. Bennett, Newberry Electric Corp.; Wm. Nies, Wm. Nies Company; A. E. Carlson, Pioneer Paper Company; John C. Allen, Riverside Cement Company; G. M. Richardson, So. Calif. Edison Company; Clyde H. Potter, So. Counties Gas Company; E. B. McClure, Truscon Steel Company; J. B. Welsh, J. B. Welsh Company; Ed. Westberg, Ed. Westberg Company; Chas. L. Wigg, Wigg Const. Company; David H. Gates, E. K. Wood Lumber Company; Ludlow Shonnard, Otis Elevator Co.

L. F. Danforth was elected president of the Exchange by the new board of directors. Wm. Nies was elected first vice president, A. E. Carlson, second vice president, Ed. Westberg, treasurer, and R. Clyde Johnston, secretary. Many new members have been taken into the Exchange, and the organization plans to be very active during the coming year.